{"id":17278,"date":"2008-10-01T06:23:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T22:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtins-hayman-theatre-presents-the-after-dinner-joke\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T06:23:43","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T22:23:43","slug":"curtins-hayman-theatre-presents-the-after-dinner-joke","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtins-hayman-theatre-presents-the-after-dinner-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin’s Hayman Theatre presents The After-Dinner Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 October 2008<\/span><\/div>\n

7 October to 11 October 2008
\n8pm
\nHayman Theatre Upstairs
\nCurtin University of Technology, Kent Street, Bentley<\/p>\n

Ticket prices: Standard $15 and Concession $12
\nBookings: 9266 2383 or L.Brennan@curtin.edu.au<\/a>
\nAn \u2018Alice-in-Wonderland-esque\u2019 spectacle that satirises the politics of charity and the absence of charity in politics is The After-Dinner Joke, the latest production by Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Technology\u2019s Hayman Theatre.<\/p>\n

Originally written for television and adapted for the stage, this one-act play by Caryl Churchill is a hilarious political comedy.<\/p>\n

The After-Dinner Joke is directed by Curtin\u2019s Leah Mercer and centred around an idealistic young woman named Selby and her descent into the bureaucracy that shapes the business of helping people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe play explores what happens at the intersection of charity and business and asks if the politics of fund-raising and consciousness-raising can ever be truly compatible,\u201d Ms Mercer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFusing live and mediated performances, this visual spectacle will feature nine actors playing over 50 characters depicting over 60 different locations as it explores what happens at the intersection of charity and business,\u201d she said<\/p>\n

\u201cThe play presents a fantastic opportunity to showcase the emerging actors that make up the Hayman Theatre Company at Curtin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main actors are Simone Ruggiero of East Victoria Park, Claire Lacy of East Fremantle
\nAshley MacDougall of Leeming, and Samantha Zinner of Bassendean.\u201d<\/p>\n

The After-Dinner Joke will be showing from 8pm, 7 October to 11 October at Hayman Theatre Upstairs at Curtin\u2019s Bentley Campus. Tickets are standard $15 and concession $12 and bookings can be made through the Hayman Theatre on 9266 2383 or email L.Brennan@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n

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